Three men ARE BEING SOUGHT by the police in connection with a robbery at a gas station. A cashier WAS HELD

Subject: Past Continuous Tense

Разъяснение:
The passage you provided is written in the past continuous tense. This tense is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific point in the past or to describe two simultaneous actions that were happening in the past. In this case, the past continuous tense is used to narrate the events of a robbery.

In the passage, the past continuous tense is used to describe ongoing actions such as "Three men were being sought," "A cashier was held up," "The money was being stolen," "The cashier was tied up," and "The robbers used a green Renault car." These actions were happening at a specific point in the past.

The past continuous tense is formed by using the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) and adding the present participle of the main verb (-ing form).

Пример:
Rewrite the following sentence in the past continuous tense: "I was watching TV when the phone rang."

Совет:
To better understand and use the past continuous tense, it is helpful to practice identifying verbs in their base form and adding the appropriate form of "to be" (was/were) in the past tense. Pay attention to the context and time frame of the sentence to determine if the past continuous tense is the correct choice.

Задача для проверки:
Write a sentence using the past continuous tense to describe an action that was happening at a specific point in the past.